FIDE Arbiters’ Manual update on October 1st 2022

Following the FIDE congress in Chennai, a few changes were made in the FIDE Arbiters’ Manual.

Please download the latest version here and get familiar with the most recent changes:
– New Anti-cheating regulations (Chapter 3)
– Updated FIDE Rapid and Blitz Rating Regulations (Chapter 6)
– New Standards of Chess Equipment and FIDE Compliant Electronic Chess Equipment (Chapter 8)
– New Role of the Captain (Chapter 9)
– Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters (Chapter 10) New comments and update some of the previous interpretations.

The FIDE Arbiters’ commission would like to thank those who contributed to this update: the leader of the project and Councillor of the ARB Commission IA Shohreh Bayat, IA Alex McFarlane, IA Gopakumar MS, IA Sabrina de San Vicente, IA Juergen Klueners, IA Aris Marghetis, IA David Sedgwick, IA Alex Holowczak, IA Andy Howie, and IA Matthew Carr). They all provided very valuable input.

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